Caption British landing ship Prince Baudouin launched three LCA landing craft, filled with American troops, during amphibious exercises in a British port, circa May-Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-1097

Caption US Army soldiers boarding landing craft in a British port, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-1232

Caption A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-745

Caption American soldiers marched through a southern English coastal town, en route to board landing ships for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-727

Caption Amphibious shipping in an English port loading for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-701

Caption An US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code
USA C-751

Caption LST-357 loading vehicles in an English port, in preparation for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-708

Caption Royal Navy LCA landing craft churn through the waters of a British port, taking American troops to a waiting ship during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-1090

Caption Royal Navy LCA-1377 carried American troops to a ship in a British port during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-1087

Caption US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-724

Caption US Army Rangers awaited the invasion signal in a landing craft in an English port, circa early Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2; note the bazooka and the M1 Garand rifles
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-739

Caption US Army Rangers awaited the invasion signal in a landing craft in an English port, circa early Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note the bazooka and the M1 Garand rifles
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-741

Caption Canadian crew of a Sherman tank south of Vaucelles, Normandy, France, Jun 1944

Caption Major General Rod Keller of the 3rd Canadian Division, Normandy, France, 20 Jun 1944
Source Canadian Department of National Defence
Identification Code ZK-540

Caption P-51 Mustang fighters of the US Army Air Force 375th Fighter Squadron flying in formation, Europe, summer 1944
Source United States Air Force

Caption Two French boys watched from a hilltop as Allied vehicles passed through the badly damaged city of St. Lo, circa Jul-Aug 1944
Source
United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-2242

Caption Two Nuns and a French family examined the ruins of the bombed Church of St. Malo, in Valognes, France, near Cherbourg, Jul 1944
Source United States National Archives
Identification Code USA C-2172

Landing ships putting cargo ashore on Omaha Beach, at low tide during the first days of the operation, mid-June, 1944. Among identifiable ships present are LST-532 (in the center of the view); USS LST-262 (3rd LST from right); USS LST-310 (2nd LST from right); USS LST-533 (partially visible at far right); and USS LST-524. Note barrage balloons overhead and Army “half-track” convoy forming up on the beach. The LST-262 was one of 10 Coast Guard-manned LSTs that participated in the invasion of Normandy, France.

Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching “Omaha” Beach on “D-Day”, 6 June 1944. Note helmet netting; faint “No Smoking” sign on the LCVP’s ramp; and M1903 rifles and M1 carbines carried by some of these men. This photograph was taken from the same LCVP as Photo # SC 189986.

Original Source:

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

“Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. ‘Full victory-nothing else’ to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.” Eisenhower is meeting with US Co. E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike), photo taken at Greenham Common Airfield in England about 8:30 p.m. on June 5, 1944.